Aspects of alcoholism, Volume 1

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Page 23The craving in someone "with psychopathy who is sensitive . . . often suffers from anxiety and who has experienced that alcohol is very effective in alleviating his
troubles" is quite different from the craving "in a well-adjusted personality ...

Page 288 Alcohol, after all, has been used primarily to relieve the individual's mental pain
— his frustration, intolerance for anxiety or tension, feelings of isolation, suspicion
, inferiority and fears of all sorts.9 Getting such a person to accept the necessity ...

Page 38Alcohol ameliorated the pervasive anxiety and depression experienced by these
children and manifested by their feelings of worthlessness, of fear of the future, of
sleeplessness, and even of suicide attempts. Such cases of juvenile alcohol ...